Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 10:14
American Standard Version
A fool also multiplieth words: `yet' man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Amplified® Bible
A fool also multiplies words, though no man can tell what will be--and what will happen after he is gone, who can tell him?
Contemporary English Version
They never tire of talking, but none of us really know what the future will bring.
Darby English Version
And the fool multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?
Good News Bible
A fool talks on and on. No one knows what is going to happen next, and no one can tell us what will happen after we die.
King James Version
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
New American Standard Bible
Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
New International Version
and the fool multiplies words.
No one knows what is coming—
who can tell him what will happen after him?
New King James Version
A fool also multiplies words.
No man knows what is to be;
Who can tell him what will be after him?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Yet the fool multiplies words No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Revised Standard Version
A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?
Young's Literal Translation
And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
